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Henchman vs Henchwench - What's the difference?

henchman | henchwench |

As nouns the difference between henchman and henchwench

is that henchman is a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate while henchwench is a female henchman; a henchwoman.

henchman

English

Noun

(henchmen)
  • A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  • A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  • A member of a criminal gang.
  • (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

    • henchwench

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hench-wench

    Noun

    (es)
  • (usually, humorous) A female henchman; a henchwoman.
  • *1939 , James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
  • *:And that henchwench what hopped it dunneth there duft the.
  • *July 22, 2007 , " Cast Shadows", a sweet kiss of Poison
  • *:The concept of she being an ecoterrorist who may or may not long for Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchwench , is pure animated bliss.
  • *July 11, 2007 , " Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Dickens, and the Old Curiousity Shop", The Paper Chase
  • *:Instead, our interesting characters are the horrid little villain, Quilp, his henchwench Sally Brass (a nasty, lying, grasping woman), Dick Swiveller, and a servant character Swiveller calls “the Marchioness.”